Analyzing Crime Scenes

Analyzing Crime Scenes

11th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min

Lesson Preview

Learning Objective

I can analyze a crime scene scenario to identify potential evidence and suspects.

  • 1

    Crime scene reconstruction (CSR) involves determining the events that occurred during a crime using deductive and inductive reasoning, physical evidence, and scientific methods.

  • 2

    The three major pillars that form the foundation of CSR are reasoning, physical evidence, and scientific methods.

  • 3

    The stages of CSR include data collection, conjecture, hypothesis formulation, testing the hypothesis, and theory formulation.